In revisiting the episodes of my podcast I could not leave out this interview with Nick Loesch who many of you remember from eBay and TORs. Nick was one of those dealers at TORs that traveled for miles around and always had a ton of stuff. On eBay he was also epic and had one of the larger stores in the Boy Scout category. Nick passed away about 5 months after I published this interview but I think his positive outlook on life and the hobby will come ringing through.

• BSA Manassas Historical Trail Medal
• 1930s Style Felt-On-Felt Firecrafter Camper Patch
• 1969 BSA Eagle, Jamboree, Scout Uniform W/ Patches.
• St Louis CSP CP Gateway to the West Boy Scout Patch BW2
• BSA Eagle Scout New Certificate Wooden Frame Metal Medal
• 1950 Ibin Thar BSA Jamboree Valley Forge Boy Scout Felt Patch
• Near Mint Remington Rs3333 BSA Pocket Knife W/Punch, 2009 (786)
• Sea Ship Northland Boy Scout Patch SSS SES Explorer Wisconsin Badger

I saw a nice post on Facebook with a fellow collector sharing some of the items he purchased at my antique mall booth in Charlotte. So as many of you are traveling this summer I'll remind you that if you ever pass through the Queen City it's located in the biggest antique mall in town - the Sleepy Poet. I've got it stocked with items including uniforms, books, patches, mugs, and all manner of 3-d items.

• Transatlantic Troop 54 Karlsruhe Boy Scout Patch BW2
• 1920's Boy Scout Photo Postcard, Baden-Powell, at Lechlade
• Yocona Area Northern Tier Sommers Canoe Base CSP Patch
• Camp Sequoyah Cumberland Kentucky Boy Scout Patch BW2
• Boy Scout Six Flags Northeast Illinois 2005 Jamboree Jacket Patch
• 1952 Kirkland Afb Air Force Northern New Mexico Boy Scout Patch Kj6
• Aviation 1920-1933 AT2 Type A Square Merit Badge BSA W/ Certificate
• 2011 World Scout Spain Espana Spanish Msc Scouts Contingent Patch

On eBay I have 191 live auctions running including some great Georgia OA pieces going back into the 1950s. The interesting piece is that area 6-C crept all the way into South Carolina so lodges like 87, 221 and 236 were members or that section for twenty years even though in my area people would think of them as a Dixie Fellowship lodge.

• Inland Empire Camper CA Patch
• Hoosier Hills 1961 Shiv-O-Ree Patch
• Caddo Lodge 149 Norwela LA 2009 Set Flap
• Guneukitschik Lodge 317 Mason-Dixon MD Jacket Patch
• Wagion Lodge 6 Westmoreland-Fayette PA Chenille Patch
• 1949 Coastal Carolina SC Segregated Div. Junior Leaders Patch
• Mowogo Lodge 243 Northeast Georgia GA 1963 Pow-Wow Patch
• Wagion Lodge 6 Westmoreland-Fayette PA 2010 National Jamboree Flap